Archive for 'freeourbills'
Free our data, says Lords info committee
I blogged previously about the House of Lords Information Committee's inquiry into 'People and Parliament': their final report came out this week, and couldn't really have been more in favour of the 'free our bills' agenda. Among its recommendations, as listed in the press release: information and documentation related to the core work of the [...] read on »
Cameron's online promises
The explicit references to the internet in David Cameron's big speech on 'fixing broken politics' this morning don't come until the end. All MPs' expenses to be published online; the same will go for 'all other public servants earning over £150,000'. An Obama-esque pledge to put all national spending over £25,000 online. A commitment to [...] read on »
Stop what you're doing and sign up
I'm not sure I need to waste my time explaining why you need to go to TheyWorkForYou and sign up to MySociety's campaign to Free Our Bills - or rather, to have Parliamentary data marked up in mashup-friendly XML. Just compare 'proper' Hansard to TheyWorkForYou, and imagine the same process being done on all Parliamentary [...] read on »